Our busy week started last Thursday evening when we left for IA for a long Easter weekend. Daddy got off work a little early and we hit the road with our first stop being Nana's house. We were surprised when we got to see Aunt Sue, Aunt Carolyn, and Uncle Rick as well. Nana made us a yummy dinner, we fed the kids, put them in their pjs and headed south for another 3 hours. We got to Grandma & Grandpa's right around 11:30.
We had a busy weekend while we were down there. Grandma and Grandpa were nice enough to watch the kids Friday evening while Nate and I got to go out for dinner with our friends Nate and Meredith. We had so much fun, and enjoyed eating a meal without crying, whining, or spilled milk. Saturday morning I was able to go and get my hair done, and then got ready for my future sister-in-law, Sara's, bridal shower. It was great to see everybody at the shower and so nice to spend time with my family over the weekend.
Sunday morning we went to church and then went back to Grandma & Grandpa's for an egg hunt and to find our baskets. Then everybody else came over for lunch and we had Aunt Darlene's Easter egg hunt outside. I was extremely grateful that our kids are so young and their eggs are so easy to find because it was so windy and cold that I didn't want to spend much time outside. Grant didn't even get to come out to find his. Ava didn't mind finding both hers and his.
Monday morning we packed up and headed back to MN. Daddy ran a few errands while I stayed home with the kids. He ran to the store to pick up some rice cereal for Grant. I felt as though Grant was getting hungry before his scheduled feeding time so I thought that maybe it was time to start some cereal even though I didn't want to start it until he was 6 months old. Then I realized that he's really the size of a 9 month old so it's probably ok. He hasn't quite figured out the tongue movements that are needed to properly get the food to the back of his mouth, so it's still a very messy meal but he seems to be more satisfied throughout the day.
Tuesday evening Ava and Daddy started swim lessons. They are doing them twice a week for the month. Ava loves getting her new swimsuits on and evidently had a great class on Thursday. She loves being in the water. Wednesday was a big day for Grant. His first tooth popped through his gums. He's now got a little tooth showing right up front on his lower jaw. Wednesday and Thursday night Grant was up coughing and awake at 3 am. I had to get up and feed him both times, hoping that it would maybe help soothe the cough and put him back to sleep. He continued to cough a little but did eventually get back to sleep (which meant that I got to go back to sleep before getting up at 5 for work). I decided on Friday that I was just going to take him to the clinic. So I got the last appointment of the day yesterday and raced there after work. Sure enough, Grant has another ear infection. This time in his right ear. So he's now on another z-pack. He sure is a happy and giggly little boy for having an ear infection.
This morning we were going to head to the zoo as a family, but the meteorologist said it was going to rain off and on all morning. He was extremely wrong and it was sunny and 51 degrees...thanks Mr. horrible forecaster! Oh well, we made the best of being indoors as Aunt Sandy and Olivia came over to play. We got to visit for awhile and have lunch together.
It should be another busy week coming up. Thanks for checking in with us and we hope that you had a wonderful Easter!
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